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- Christmas 1940
- A young woman smiles at two girls who hold toys in front of a Christmas tree at the 24th (Twenty-fourth) Street Nursery School at 2025 Lawrence Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. One girl holds a doll in a chair, another...
- 24th Street Nursery School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas trees--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- 1940
- 9:00 AM, 4-J+1 Trailer Court almost empty
- View of the 4 J 1 + 1 Trailer Court, Campground and Washateria, west side of Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows picnic tables and brick barbacue ovens with chimneys. Two story office building in background.
- 4J1 + 1 Trailer Court, Campground and Washateria (Ouray, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Trailer camps--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.
- August 6, 1979
- Miner's cabin
- View of abandoned miner's cabins in Colorado.
- Abandoned buildings--Colorado--1930-1940.; Cabins--Colorado--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Idaho waterwheel
- View of gold mine ore processing facility ruins in Idaho; men examine the collapsing frame structure and waterwheel.
- Abandoned buildings--Idaho--1940-1960.; Hydraulic mining--Idaho--1940-1960.; Mining--Idaho--1940-1960.; Waterwheels--Idaho--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Abandoned mine
- View of an abandoned mine and tailings in Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--1880-1900.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Coal miners
- Men stand on a dilapidated ore car trestle bridge near an abandoned coal mine in Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Coal miner
- A man poses with a pistol on a dilapidated mine ore car trestle bridge near an abandoned coal mine in Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915]
- Mine ore cars
- View of mine ore cars on the tramway at the entrance to an abandoned coal mine in Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Abandoned coal mine
- View of the shafthouse and buildings of an abandoned coal mine in Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--1910-1920.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Abandoned coal mine
- View of the shafthouse, water tank, and buildings of an abandoned coal mine in Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--1910-1920.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Vertex mine showing the old and new mine buildings this is not in operation
- View of the abandoned shaft house and mine buildings of the Vertex Mine in Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--1930-1940.; Mine buildings--Colorado--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--1930-1940.
- 1936
- A scene in Boulder county, mine near Eldora camp
- Two men stand in a snow covered landscape near an abandoned boiler and mine site in Boulder County, Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Old workings of a pit
- View of an abandoned gold placer mining pit near Breckenridge, Summit County, Colorado shows: pipes and tailings with valley and mountains in background.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gold mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Hydraulic Mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Crown Point Mine Russell Gulch
- View of the abandoned shafthouse of the Crown Point Mine on Russell Gulch near Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Russell Gulch (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Waldorf mine, Waldorf, Colo.
- View of the abandoned Waldorf mine along the road to Argentine Pass in Clear Creek County, Colorado. A sign on the building reads "Waldorf Gold."
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Waldorf Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- 1941
- The Orient Steve Hoyle's mine at Lawson, Colo.
- View of the tailings and abandoned shafthouse of the Orient (Oriental Tunnel Mine) Mine near Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1960.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Oriental Tunnel Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Virginia Canyon or California Gulch
- View of the head frame and buildings of an abandoned mine in Virginia Canyon near Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1950-1960.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Virginia Canyon (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1950-1960.
- 1952 or 1953
- Virginia Canyon or California Gulch
- View of an abandoned head frame and buildings of a mine in Virginia Canyon (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1950-1960.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Virginia Canyon (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1950-1960.
- 1952 or 1953
- Creede mining section
- A man stands near a wooden tower for a mine aerial tramway at the abandoned Commodore Mine near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Creede--1940-1950.; Commodore Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Creede (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Creede--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Relics of the boom days in gold mining
- A man and boys pose on the engine of a mine tramway at an abandoned mine near Dillon (Summit County), Colorado. The mine shafthouse and ore cars are nearby.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Dillon--1920-1930.; Dillon (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Boys--Colorado--Dillon--1920-1930.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Dillon--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Dillon--1920-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Dillon--1920-1930.
- July, 1925
- Dyersville shafthouse on Warrior's Mark lode, the closest to town
- View of an abandoned shafthouse at the Warrior's Mark Mine near Dyersville (Summit County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Dyersville--1960-1970.; Dyersville (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Warriors Mark Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Dyersville--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Dyersville--1960-1970.
- August, 1961
- Shafthouse Warrior's Mark Mine Dyersville, Colo.
- View of the abandoned shafthouse of the Warrior's Mark Mine near Dyersville (Summit County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Dyersville--1960-1970.; Dyersville (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Warriors Mark Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Dyersville--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Dyersville--1960-1970.
- 1961
- Above Dyersville
- View of a tailings pile and the site of a mill at the abandoned Warrior's Mark Mine near Dyersville (Summit County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Dyersville--1960-1970.; Dyersville (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Warriors Mark Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Dyersville--1960-1970.; Ruins--Colorado--Dyersville--1960-1970.
- August, 1961
- Above Dyersville southwest of town
- View of mine tailings at the abandoned site of the Warrior's Mark Mine near Dyersville (Summit County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Dyersville--1960-1970.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Dyersville--1960-1970.; Dyersville (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Warriors Mark Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Dyersville--1960-1970.
- August, 1961
- North Empire Copper Cone Gold Fissure Mine.
- View of the abandoned shafthouse, tailings, and buildings of the Gold Fissure Mine near Empire (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Empire--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gold Fissure Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Copper mining--Colorado--Empire--1940-1950.; Gold mining--Colorado--Empire--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Eureka
- View of the foundation of the Sunnyside Mill and tailings from the Sunnyside Mine on the steep slopes surrounding Eureka (San Juan County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1960.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1960.; Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Sunnyside Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1940-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Mack mine
- View of the abandoned stamps and stamping mill machinery at the Mack Mine on Bates Hill, Gilpin County, Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1910.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mack Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Machinery--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Pay-Me Mine
- A man sits in an automobile parked near the headframe of the Pay-Me Mine in Gilpin County, Colorado. Piles of building and equipment remnants are nearby.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Gilpin County--1920-1930.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pay-Me Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1920-1930.; Ruins--Colorado--Gilpin County--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- We Got 'Em Mine
- Men stand on a tailings pile near dismantled machinery at the abandoned We Got 'Em Mine in Gilpin County, Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Gilpin County--1920-1930.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Gilpin County--1920-1930.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; We Got 'Em Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Demolition--Colorado--Gilpin County--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Gold King at Gladstone
- View of Gold King Mine, Gladstone (San Juan County) Colorado; shows ruins of mining processing buildings, ore car tracks, and machinery. A woman looks on.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Gladstone--1930-1950.; Gladstone (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gold King Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Gladstone--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Gladstone--1930-1950.;...
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Abandoned mine 5 miles north of Powderhorn on State Hwy 149, Gunnison County
- View of an abandoned head frame and mine building in an open field, Gunnison County, Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Gunnison County--1970-1980.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Gunnison County--1970-1980.
- August, 1978
- Independence, Colo., Cripple Creek region
- View includes residences, head frames, a dilapidated mill building, and tailings piles in Independence (Teller County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Independence--1940-1950.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Independence--1940-1950.; Independence (Teller County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Independence--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Independence--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Ironton, Colo., Eureka Red Mtn. Highway, Red Mtn.
- View of abandoned mine buildings and tailings piles in Ironton (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows Red Mountain.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Ironton--1940-1950.; Ironton (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ironton--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Forest Queen mill & shaft house after fire Irwin, Gunnison Co.
- View of the abandoned Forest Queen Mine and mill near Irwin (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows fire damage.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Irwin--1880-1890.; Forest Queen Mine (Gunnison County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Irwin (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fires--Colorado--Irwin--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Irwin--1880-1890.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Granite Falls, view of old smelters, Lake City, Colo.
- View of abandoned smelter buildings with smokestacks above a waterfall in Lake City, Hinsdale County, Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Lake City--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Lake City--1890-1900.; Lake City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Lake City--1890-1900.; Smelters--Colorado--Lake City--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Historic Matchless (Tabor) mine at Leadville, Colo.
- View of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin at the Matchless Mine In Leadville (Lake County), Colorado shows: mine building, headframe, tailings.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Homes & haunts.
- 1938
- The Little Johnny, Leadville, Colo.
- View of a dilapidated mill building and broken ore car track at the Little Johnny mine, Leadville (Lake County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Little Johnny Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Tabor's "The Matchless," Leadville, Colo.
- View of a head frame and surface buildings at the Matchless mine, Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Posted sign reads: "Notice! Employees allowed in this mine only."
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Matchless Mine
- Men and women stand near Baby Doe Tabor's cabin and head frame of the abandoned Matchless Mine near Leadville, Lake County, Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1940-1960.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1960.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Matchless mine, Leadville
- View of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin at the Matchless Mine In Leadville, Lake County, Colorado shows: mine building, headframe, tailings, with Sawatch Range in background.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Homes & haunts.
- [1950?]
- House and Matchless mine
- View of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin at the Matchless Mine in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado with headframe, mine building, snow covered tailings.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Homes & haunts.
- [1950?]
- Shack at Matchless mine, Leadville where Baby Doe Tabor spent her last years
- View of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin at the Matchless Mine in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado with mine building, tailings.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Homes & haunts.
- [1950?]
- The Matchless mine cabin and Fryer Hill, Leadville where Baby Doe Tabor died
- View of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin at Matchless Mine in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado shows mine building, headframe.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Homes & haunts.
- October 2, 1952
- Matchless mine restoration
- View of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin at the Matchless Mine in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado shows headframe, ore cart.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Homes & haunts.
- 1953
- View of Matchless mine, house in foreground
- View of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin at the Matchless Mine in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado shows mine building, snow covered tailings.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Homes & haunts.
- [1950?]
- Matchless mine dedication, crowd in shaft house
- A large group of people, some in period costumes and some with cameras, at the Matchless Mine and Baby Doe Tabor's cabin dedication in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. Front row is identified as: Lee Robbins, Ted Mazzrella, Eleanor Wechbaugh,...
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Costumes--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Dedications--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.;...
- July 16, 1953
- C. Bancroft, E Weckbaugh, Gordon Weeks, (Master of Ceremonies) Matchless Mine dedication
- At the dedication of the Matchless Mine and Baby Doe Tabor's cabin in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, Caroline Bancroft speaks through a megaphone and Eleanor Weckbaugh holds an umbrella; both women are in period costumes. Gordon Weeks is the...
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Costumes--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Dedications--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.;...
- July 16, 1953
- Taylor Brown, Oscar Malo, Paul Kohlberg, presentation of Matchless cabin to Leadville
- Three men identified as Taylor Brown, Oscar Malo, Paul Kohlberg at the dedication of the Matchless Mine and Baby Doe Tabor's cabin in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dedications--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Homes &...
- [1953]
- Taken in 1953 at 12,000 feet
- View of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin at the Matchless Mine In Leadville, Lake County, Colorado shows: mine building, headframe, tailings, with Sawatch Range in background.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Sawatch Range (Colo.)--1950-1960.;...
- 1953
- 12,000 feet
- View of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin at the Matchless Mine In Leadville, Lake County, Colorado shows: mine building, headframe, tailings, with Sawatch Range in background.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Sawatch Range (Colo.)--1950-1960.;...
- 1953